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adjl posted...

Honestly, I doubt that. I don't doubt that you believe it, but bear in mind that you're actually saying that you'd cut down on your gaming by 90-95% long-term (short-term, it's believable, because backlogs). That means instead of spending an average 5-10 hours a week playing, you'd be spending 20-40 minutes. You can sub in whatever numbers more accurately describe your habits than me making some up, but whatever the actual figures it's a very substantial lifestyle change you're proposing that would take gaming from being a major hobby to a very minor one. You have touched on one thing that would change, which is impulsively buying something you weren't planning on getting to bundle with something you were specifically looking for in a BOGO sale (or the like), but even without that I expect you'd keep buying games digitally and just put up with having to plan your downloads ahead of when you want to play.

I mean, it wouldnt be the first time Ive avoided games due to space Or just plain avoided them If I dont have space to download games, I wouldnt pay money to not have the game So, Id wait for very specific games to come out before buying them Therefore cutting my games purchases It would be for that system that went digital, though If the other companies didnt go digitalis, then I just stick with them Even for something like my 3DS, I barely had any digital games Only buying the two Phoenix Wright games digital. I also had ALBW digital, but not because I wanted it. They just happened to trick my into it when I bought the special 3DS Had I known, I would have saved up money, bought the physical games, as well And sent the digital to my little brother But I pretty much stopped digital purchases unless there was no other way for me to obtain it I stopped for my switch recently, too So I have mostly physical But if everything was digital, then I wouldnt have room for everything Therefore, Id save room for very specific games instead Like for Nintendo, its probably just be Zelda, sequels Raincode (or Danganronpa like/inspired games), sequels/spin-offs to Cadence of Hyrule, Phoenix Wrights games, And maybe Rogue Legacy 3 or higher games Hades sequels would depend on how Hades 3 is For the other systems, there are a few series I like, but it would really depend As for backlog, it is a decent size that I have not worked on much And have actually ended up trying to work on, only to be taken out again by another game Also, I said Id cut down on buying games Not playing them I can still play the same amount I just wouldnt buy as much All it does is save more money, if anything

adjl posted...

If Nintendo doesn't blaze the trail for them (in which case, they'll both follow suit), I expect it'll be whichever one is in the lead at the time the decision is made. They both have a history of getting cocky when they're winning: The PS3's exorbitant price point and esoteric architecture after the PS2's success, the aggressive always-online DRM of the Xbone (which they walked back after the disastrous first impression, but they never fully recovered), Sony rejecting cross-play opportunities now that they're in the lead (flipping things around from the PSWii60 era when Sony liked cross-play and Microsoft turned it down)... It's going to be an unpopular decision regardless of who makes it or when, so it's most likely going to be somebody that's in a strong enough position to feel confident that they can't lose.

With that in mind, Sony's winning now (not counting Nintendo, but Nintendo's mostly doing their own thing), but they're a little nervous with Microsoft buying up so many major third party studios, so I doubt they'll take any major strides like that any time soon. Microsoft's losing, so I doubt they'll take the plunge and risk burning whatever good will any new exclusivity deals can cultivate. As such, it'll be a while before either of them tries it.

I think itll be Microsoft or Sony since they both are already trying with the inclusion of digital only systems. Which Nintendo hasnt even tried yet And both have much better reasons to try Sony seems to keep the stores open longer, and remove less stuff from them (IIRC) And keeps their latest two systems up and running to together for years So, if the digital causes backlash, they could probably rely on the other system for a short while Microsoft has gamepass, and might try to use that to their advantage with a cheaper all digital console, like they are currently doing Whether that works or not if another question, though I never know how they are doing, tbh

As for right now, Microsoft wont because they want to try and buy every third party And making it non-digital right now could causes backlash. And people would stop selling to them And like you said, Sony is probably waiting to see what Microsoft will do. Nintendo will probably wait to see what happens. And will probably follow suit since they also want all digital But probably wont push the button unless they know it will work Like how fans react in a smaller group hearing about it But if one or both of the others push it, they probably will, too Theyve been pushing towards digital by giving out digital only prizes for games So they do seem to want it, as well